Saturday 7 October 2017

Music: Excelsis!

Excelsis! portrays something of the wonder and excitement of the Christmas story. A mysterious opening, punctuated by atmospheric percussion and solo lines, builds to a rhythmic allegro with hints of traditional Christmas carols to be heard around the band. The music then gives way to a central nativity themed section, based...read more

Saturday 7 October 2017

Music: We Shall Remember Them

Perhaps the embodiment of the phrase ‘simple, yet effective’, Richard Grantham’s We Shall Remember Them proves a technically modest, yet poignant and stirring piece of music. This is the key to the success of the work, which is largely made up of relatively simple moving lines and chordal writing, rather than...read more


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